Lightning Enable MCP Server

Part of Lightning Enable — infrastructure for agent commerce over Lightning.

Lightning Enable MCP Server

An open-source MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that enables AI agents to make Lightning Network payments and participate in agent-to-agent commerce. 23 tools total: 15 free wallet tools, 2 producer tools, and 6 Agent Service Agreement (ASA) tools for discovering, negotiating, and settling services between agents on Nostr. Producer and ASA tools require an Agentic Commerce subscription.

Available in .NET and Python.

What It Does

Give your AI agent a Lightning wallet and it can:

• Pay invoices — Send Bitcoin via Lightning to any BOLT11 invoice
• Access L402 APIs — Automatically pay L402 challenges for seamless API access
• Discover APIs — Search the L402 API registry to find paid APIs by keyword or category, or fetch a specific API's manifest for full endpoint details and pricing
• Track spending — Budget limits, payment history, and balance checks
• Create invoices — Generate invoices to receive payments
• Get BTC price — Real-time Bitcoin price from Strike
• Exchange currency — Convert between USD/BTC/EUR and more (Strike wallet)
• Send on-chain — Send Bitcoin on-chain (Strike/LND)
• Sell services (L402 Producer) — Create L402 payment challenges and verify payments, enabling agents to be full commerce participants that both buy and sell
• Agent commerce (ASA) — Discover, request, settle, and review agent-to-agent services on Nostr

Quick Install

# .NET
dotnet tool install -g LightningEnable.Mcp

# Python
pip install lightning-enable-mcp

# Python (no install)
uvx lightning-enable-mcp

# Docker
docker pull refinedelement/lightning-enable-mcp:latest

Claude Desktop Config

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

.NET:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lightning-enable": {
      "command": "dotnet",
      "args": ["tool", "run", "lightning-enable-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "STRIKE_API_KEY": "your-strike-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Python:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lightning-enable": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["lightning-enable-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "STRIKE_API_KEY": "your-strike-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config file locations:

• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Supported Wallets

Try It: Lightning Enable Store

The Lightning Enable Store is a live L402-powered web store. Ask Claude:

Buy me a Lightning Enable t-shirt from store.lightningenable.com

Documentation

• .NET README — Full .NET documentation
• Python README — Full Python documentation
• Full Docs — Complete guide with all 23 tools
• AI Spending Security — Budget controls and safety

Repository Structure

lightning-enable-mcp/
├── dotnet/
│   ├── src/LightningEnable.Mcp/         # .NET MCP server
│   ├── tests/LightningEnable.Mcp.Tests/  # .NET tests
│   └── LightningEnable.Mcp.sln          # Solution file
├── python/
│   └── lightning-enable-mcp/             # Python MCP server
├── .github/workflows/publish-mcp.yml     # CI/CD
├── LICENSE                               # MIT
└── README.md                             # This file

Agent Service Agreement (ASA) Tools

These tools enable agent-to-agent commerce on Nostr:

*settle uses wallet balance, subject to budget limits